Chandigarh: Even when Punjab has noted an increase in the number of inpatients since the emergence of the wave of the third infection, the proportion of infected people who need treatment at health facilities is far less than the count of patients who are hospitalized during the second wave which destroys last year.
As a wave of fresh infections believed to be caused by omicron variants spread faster, health experts have warned that it was too early to conclude that the new variant was a more malignant and fatal versions of the variants of other concerns.
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Omicron has so far been detected in 61 samples, which are calculated projected to rise in a variety in the coming weeks, replacing Delta as the most dominating covid lineage in Punjab.
In the first 11 days of 2022, the country recorded 25,089 cases, more than 16 times higher than the collective number of 1,531 cases recorded in December, which was the highest monthly number since July last year when 3,495 patients have contracted a virus.
Data analysis revealed that the number of patients who needed hospitalization jumped from 31-23 for oxygen support and 8 in critical care from 1 to 442-338 on oxygen support, 91 in critical care and 13 on ventilator support on January 11, when the country has 23,235 active case.
The percentage of active cases in hospitals on January 1 and 11 were 2.97% and 1.90% respectively.
In most cases, people who are infected asymptomatic or have mild and recovery symptoms in house isolation.
At a similar stage of the second wave triggered by the Delta variant, when there were 24,454 active cases on June 5 5,323 (21.76%) infected people were undergoing treatment – 3,424 on oxygen support, 704 in a critical care center and 295 on the ventilator – on Various health facilities throughout the state.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the percentage of infection in all age groups remains almost the same.
Punjab Covid-19 Officer Nodal Dr.
Rajesh Bhaskar warns that the situation can change in a short time if people start taking a lightweight situation.
“The proportion of infected people requires less hospitals for the second wave of the second, which can change if people stop taking precautions.
The threat caused by the virus is still the same and people must follow health guidelines and vaccinate,” said Dr.
Bhaskar.